Forbes has just released its list of the top earning electronic talent in 2013. Despite earning more than he had in 2012, Tiësto lost his Top Earner title to Calvin Harris, who netted $46 million dollars in 2013, out-earning not only Tiësto but Jay Z, Kanye West and Katy Perry as well.
7 Facts about Avicii You Probably Didn’t Know
Tim Bergling - Swedish DJ and music producer, best known under the stage name Avicii. He also used the alias Tim Berg and Tom Hangs. According to the magazine Forbes, in 2013 he entered the top ten highest paid DJ world with annual revenues of $ 20 million.
Fact 1: Otto Knows and Avicii were both class mates
Yes, Otto Jettman and Tim Bergling went to the same school together and were class mates. Alesso also attended the same school.
Fact 2: It took almost 9 months to name the infamous track known as, Levels
It all started with a unnamed track played by Avicii in the BBC Radio1’s Essential Mix on Saturday, 11 December, 2010. Fans started calling it ‘’ID’’ and it was already a big success live and on YouTube. After a while the Swede changed the song a bit and he finally released ‘’Levels’’on the 28th of October 2011.
Fact 3: Levels wasn't always a popular song
There was a time where Avicii did everything to promote his tracks. He even sent out a copy of an early edition of Levels to DJ, Henrik B. Later he discovered that Avicii wanted to collaborate with him on Levels which Henrik declined, something he may regret now.
Fact 4: ‘’Avici’’ is the lowest level of the Buddhist hell
Always wanted to know how Avicii choose his name? Well it isn’t a hot story at all. A friend of his told him about Avici being the lowest level of the Buddhist hell and since all the names were in use on MySpace he took that one.
Fact 5: Avicii’s tunes were initially distributed via blogs
At the beginning of his career music blogs were good portals for Avicii to spread his music and Avicii was very active on Laidback Luke's forum. That’s how Ash Pournouri discovered the mega artist.
Fact 6: Avicii works together with Ralph Lauren
You’ve probably noticed something about Avicii’s clothes in the video for “Silhouettes.” The Swede is not a model for Ralph Lauren. Oh no, he’s the new face of Ralph Lauren's “Denim” and “Supply” lines.
Fact 7: Avicii’s first release was a remix of Commodore 64's theme song “Lazy Jones”
The track was already about 5 years old when Tim was only 18 years old. When you hear this song you won’t hear the typical ‘’Melodic Bromance’’style that has become Avicii’s signature sound but it does sounds cool!
